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Colonel Heeza Liar and the Pirates: United States John Randolph Bray: Animated comedy short film Daphne and the Pirate: United States Christy Cabanne: Lillian Gish, Elliott Dexter, Walter Long: 1918 The Sea Panther: United States Thomas N. Heffron: William Desmond, Mary Warren, Jack Richardson: Treasure Island: United States Chester M. Franklin ...
Doug McClure in Barbary Coast. With an 1870s setting, [2] Barbary Coast features the adventures of government agent Jeff Cable (played by William Shatner), and his pal, conman and gambler Cash ("Cash makes no enemies") Conover (Doug McClure; played by Dennis Cole in the pilot) who is the owner of the Golden Gate Casino. The title was taken from ...
The Barbary pirates' seizure of American merchant ships went back to just after the victory over Great Britain in 1783. When the Dey of Algiers demanded tribute, the Americans refused and thus began a long series of conflict between the Barbary states and the United States lasting from the 1780s to 1815. The Mediterranean Squadron was created ...
Albert W. Hicks (c. 1820 – July 13, 1860), also known as Elias W. Hicks, William Johnson, John Hicks, and Pirate Hicks, was a triple murderer and one of the last people executed for piracy in the United States. [1]
The Second Barbary War, also known as the U.S.–Algerian War [2] and the Algerine War, [3] was a brief military conflict between the United States and the North African state of Algiers in 1815. Piracy had been rampant along the North African "Barbary" coast of the Mediterranean Sea since the 16th century.
Jefferson is later elected third President of the United States in 1800 and sends a second agent, Tobias Sharpe, to the scene, unaware that Sharpe is a traitor. Blake is captured and sentenced to death, but escapes in time to take part in a battle that eliminates the threat to America, winning the admiration and affection of Anne.
Gawalt, Gerard W. "America and the Barbary pirates: An international battle against an unconventional foe." (Library of Congress, 2011) online. London, Joshua E. Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005. ISBN 978-0-471-44415-2; Sofka ...
1837 illustration of Gibbs killing one of his own crew 1837 illustration of Gibbs murdering Captain Thornby 1837 illustration of Gibbs and Wansley burying treasure. Born in Newport, Rhode Island on November 5, 1798, he was the son of a Newport sea captain who had served as an American privateer during the American Revolutionary War.